| 单词 | etna lamp |
| 释义 | > as lemmasEtna lamp 2. Any of various kinds of spirit lamp or stove, esp. a portable one. In later use chiefly attributive, as Etna lamp, Etna stove. Now historical. ΘΚΠ the world > matter > properties of materials > temperature > heat > heating or making hot > that which or one who heats > [noun] > a device for heating or warming > fuelled by spirits spirit lamp1731 Etna1829 the world > matter > light > artificial light > an artificial light > [noun] > lamp > types of crusiea1774 agitable lamp1788 gaslight1806 moaler1843 table lampc1849 bracket-burner1867 blast-lampa1884 Betty lamp1893 acetylene1899 quartz lamp1907 Etna lamp1912 palouser1918 1829 Examiner 12 Apr. 240/2 (advt.) J. [19 Apr.: S.] Jones's..Etnas, for boiling a pint of water in five minutes. 1870 Eng. Mech. 18 Mar. 659/1 I have an Etna with which I can produce a pint of boiling water in eight minutes. 1880 M. Collins Thoughts in Garden II. 263 Ask my placens uxor to mull some claret in the etna. 1905 A. Kenney-Herbert Common-sense Cookery Eng. Househ. (rev. ed.) xxx. 425 For several years I used a spirit lamp or large Etna..for omelettes, for which work I found it very well suited. 1912 H. Maryon Metalwork & Enamelling iv. 31 The flame from an Ætna lamp, quart size, is about 9 inches long, blue in colour. 1943 F. Blackwood Mrs. England goes on Living v. 93 The first thing a woman did when she came home from work was to wash her stockings. Often this meant heating the water on an Etna stove. 2001 P. O'Neill in P. Starkey & J. Starkey Interpreting Orient xii. 165 She..travelled the narrow mountain paths on side-saddle, equipped with tea and chocolate, two bottles of cognac and four of Marsala, as well as an Etna stove. < as lemmas |
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